Russia closes Polish consular agency in Smolensk: Ministry
The Hindu
Russia shuts down Poland's diplomatic mission in Smolensk, home to important Polish memorial sites. In response to "Warsaw's aggressive line," the Russian Foreign Ministry has closed the consular agency
Russia said on Friday it was shutting down Poland's diplomatic mission in the western city of Smolensk, home to important Polish memorial sites.
"Poland's Ambassador to Russia Krzysztof Krajewski was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry and notified of the closure of Poland's consular agency in Smolensk," the Ministry said.
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The consular agency is the representative office for the Polish government in Smolensk.
"Warsaw's aggressive line towards our country, which has gone beyond all civilised boundaries... is forcing us to implement a set of measures in response," the Ministry added.
The diplomatic mission opened in 2011, following a plane crash in Smolensk in 2010 that killed 96 Polish officials, including President Lech Kaczynski.
The officials had been heading to a ceremony at the Katyn memorial in a forest near Smolensk, set up in memory of around 22,000 Polish officers killed by the Soviet political police in 1940.
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